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THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET<br/>
<span class=large>EZEKIEL</span>
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CHAPTER 3
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Ezekiel made a watchman unto the house of Israel—Their blood is required at his hand unless he raises the warning voice.
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Moreover</span> he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/3/1a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB scroll.">roll</a>, and go speak unto the house of Israel.
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So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll.
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And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee.  Then did I <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/3/3a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 15: 16; Ezek. 2: 8; Rev. 10: 10 (9-10).">eat</a> <i>it;</i> and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.
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&#182; And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them.
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For thou <i>art</i> not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, <i>but</i> to the house of Israel;
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Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not understand.  Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/3/6a" mark="a" type="A" title="Matt. 11: 21 (21, 23).">hearkened</a> unto thee.
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But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel <i>are</i> impudent and <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/3/7a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Hardheartedness; TG Stubbornness.">hardhearted</a>.
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Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads.
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As an <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/3/9a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR diamond.">adamant</a> harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they <i>be</i> a rebellious house.
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Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear with thine ears.
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And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/3/11a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB the Lord Jehovah.">the</a> Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span>; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.
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Then the <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/3/12a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG God, Spirit of; TG Guidance, Divine.">spirit</a> took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing, <i>saying,</i> Blessed <i>be</i> the glory of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> from his place.
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<i>I heard</i> also the <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/3/13a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR sound.">noise</a> of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another, and the noise of the wheels over against them, and a noise of a great rushing.
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So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> was strong upon me.
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&#182; Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel-abib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days.
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And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> came unto me, saying,
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Son of man, I have made thee a <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/3/17a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Delegation of Responsibility; TG Watchmen.">watchman</a> unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/3/17b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Priesthood, Magnifying Callings within.">warning</a> from me.
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When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/3/18a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 33: 14.">die</a>; and thou givest him not <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/3/18b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Watchfulness.">warning</a>, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked <i>man</i> shall <sup>c</sup><a href="ezek/3/18c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Justice.">die</a> in his <sup>d</sup><a href="ezek/3/18d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Sin.">iniquity</a>; but his blood will I <sup>e</sup><a href="ezek/3/18e" mark="e" type="B" title="TG Accountability.">require</a> at thine hand.
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Yet if thou <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/3/19a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Prophets, Mission of; TG Warnings.">warn</a> the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
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Again, When a <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/3/20a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 18: 24.">righteous</a> <i>man</i> doth <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/3/20b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ezek. 33: 12 (12-13, 18).">turn</a> from his <sup>c</sup><a href="ezek/3/20c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Righteousness.">righteousness</a>, and commit iniquity, and I lay a <sup>d</sup><a href="ezek/3/20d" mark="d" type="A" title="Jer. 6: 21; Ezek. 14: 4 (3-7); 2 Ne. 26: 20.">stumblingblock</a> before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
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Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous <i>man,</i> that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/3/21a" mark="a" type="A" title="D&C 1: 4.">warned</a>; also thou hast delivered thy soul.
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&#182; And the hand of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth into the <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/3/22a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 8: 4.">plain</a>, and I will there talk with thee.
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Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river of Chebar: and I <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/3/23a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 1: 28.">fell</a> on my face.
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Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and spake with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thine house.
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But thou, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon thee, and shall bind thee with them, and thou shalt not go out among them:
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And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/3/26a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 24: 27.">dumb</a>, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they <i>are</i> a rebellious house.
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But when I speak with thee, I will open thy <sup>a</sup><a href="ezek/3/27a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Prophecy; TG Teaching with the Spirit.">mouth</a>, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus <sup>b</sup><a href="ezek/3/27b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Prophets, Mission of.">saith</a> the Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span>; He that heareth, let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they <i>are</i> a rebellious house.
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